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Author Topic: Idaho police threaten theater’s liquor license for showing sex acts while serving; ci Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-21-2016 09:19 AM                     Hey Monte Fullmer, Isn't this the theater you work at? http://www.sltrib.com/home/3444382-155/idaho-police-threaten-theaters-liquor-license  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-21-2016 12:33 PM                        I look forward to the lawsuit:> We were concerned about something like that when we got our license. Fortunately, there's and exemption in our rules for "art." And being an "art house" puts us pretty safely in the clear.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-21-2016 12:59 PM                    That just shows how idiotic they are, to waste taxpayer money sending undercover cops to watch a movie and see if they will be served. Like they don't have something better to do. Whoever made that decision should be fired.  |  IP: Logged Justin Hamaker Film God Posts: 2253 From: Lakeport, CA USA Registered: Jan 2004 posted 01-21-2016 12:59 PM                        This kind of thing make my head explode. I won't get into any kind of a political/religious rant, other than to say I think the law and the attempted enforcement here are just the most absurd examples of government overreach.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-21-2016 01:14 PM                        Also, their choice of movie is somewhat telling. I wonder if they'd have tried a sting operation like this during a screening of Anomalisa or Carol?  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-21-2016 01:20 PM                        I wonder if the theatre ever showed "Nymphomaniac"(Part 1 and or 2)?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-21-2016 02:27 PM                     Wackiness always ensues when a cult religion makes the laws in your State. Same thing here. It's certainly good for a few laughs though. Mark  |  IP: Logged John Eickhof Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 588 From: Wendell, ID USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 01-21-2016 04:51 PM                        Yes Monte works there but probably shouldn't comment. It is the Village Cinema in Meridian Idaho. Here's a link to a better article with the actual lawsuit attached, a view from the other side! Good luck Dave! http://keprtv.com/news/offbeat/movie-theater-sues-idaho-state-police-over-sting-op-during-50-shades-of-grey-screening Local scuttlebutt suggests that the anonymous complaints originated by competing theatres that do not sell alcoholic beverages, there are several independents, and Regal/Edwards houses in the valley that this theatre has presented stiff competition to! Plus there is a long established three screener in Boise that has been serving alcohol for decades with little or no problems regardless of what they screen!  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 01-21-2016 05:16 PM                     All I can say. Cult religions have nothing to do with this State Law.  |  IP: Logged

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